Standard Textile receives four wins at 2024 Nightingale Awards
October 31st, 2024
Standard Textile Co. Inc., a global leader in health care and hospitality textiles based in Cincinnati, Ohio, announced the company won four awards at the 2024 Nightingale Awards at the Healthcare Design Conference + Expo in Indianapolis, Ind., on Oct. 7, 2024. The company earned four awards, including the highest recognition for sustainability and innovation: AMY™ Privacy Curtain was awarded Best […]
Woolmark launches newsletter for educators
October 30th, 2024
The Woolmark Company announced the launch of Woolmark Teach, the first email newsletter created for American educators. Published and distributed three times per year, the newsletter will provide educators with the latest wool news, including industry updates, events, educational opportunities and more. Interested parties can subscribe here. “Our work at Woolmark goes well beyond simply […]
Global Sae-A open third spinning mill in Costa Rica
October 29th, 2024
From left to right: WK Kim, chairman of Global Sae-A, Costa Rica President Rodrigo Chaves, and Keun Seok Jeon, South Korean ambassador to Costa Rica at the opening ceremony of Sae-A Spinning’s third spinning mill. Image: Global Sae-A Global Sae-A Group, the holding company of Sae-A Trading, a Seoul, South Korea-based apparel manufacturer, held an opening ceremony […]
The well-dressed spacecraft
October 28th, 2024
Juliana Cherston, Ph.D., an emerging technology consultant at the MIT Media Lab, led an Emerging Technologies Conference session about the development and launch of the first electronic textile sensor in space. She also discussed how to create academic partnerships to further textile research and development—and how to secure funding for these projects. There are an […]
Innovations on the horizon
October 28th, 2024
In a show floor presentation, textile industry expert and consultant Paige Mullis provided an overview of “Innovations shaping our world.” Her opening question, “Why the Consumer Electronics (CES) show?” launched a review of highlights from the annual event, considering the perspectives of brand positioning, business intelligence, brand development and market relevance. Artificial Intelligence (AI), sustainability […]
AI’s place in the advanced textiles industry
October 28th, 2024
“Technology is a great way to attract the young talent that the industry needs,” says industry consultant, Paige Mullis. As moderator for “AI Unspun: Beyond ChatGPT in the World of Advanced Textiles,” she divided the discussion into five parts for the panelists assembled at the Emerging Textiles presentation on the show floor, asking them how […]
A small business guide to AI
October 28th, 2024
Artificial Intelligence (AI) was one of the hot topics at the Advanced Textiles Association’s Expo this year. In his show floor presentation, “Unlocking AI: a small business guide to harnessing the power of artificial intelligence,” Adam Penner, AP Consulting and Technical Services, unpacked the Hollywood hype to consider how AI can be used effectively by […]
Surmountable challenges
October 28th, 2024
E-textile for Tapis Magique, developed by Irmandy Wicaksono with Don Derek Haddad and Joseph A. Paradiso. Photo: Irmandy Wicaksono. The smart fabric segment of the textile industry is poised to grow from $4.19 billion in 2024 to $15.21 billion by 2032, according to a Business Research Insights market report, but stumbling blocks remain that keep […]
Honeywell announces plan to spin off Advanced Materials business to shareowners
October 28th, 2024
Honeywell has announced a plan to spin off its Advanced Materials business into an independent, U.S. publicly traded company, which is targeted to be completed by the end of 2025 or early 2026. Honeywell expects to execute this plan in a tax-free manner to its shareowners. "Given the sustained market demand for advanced specialty chemicals and […]
Heberlein Technology joins ITMF as a corporate member
October 25th, 2024
Heberlein Technology, a provider of air interlacing and air texturing jets for synthetic continuous filament yarns based in Wattwil, Switzerland, announced the company has joined the International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF) as a corporate member. “ITMF is delighted to welcome Heberlein Technology as a corporate member of ITMF. The value of ITMF is that the […]